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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Stars in the Valley Part II

Hello!

Before I share the second round of quilts from the Warwick, NY quilt show, I thought I'd show my fabric (new project) purchase.

This is a luscious Alexander Henry print called "siva nataraia". Which refers to the statue, natarai, having it's left foot raised and Lord Siva - salvation. The colors are so beautiful and I love the purple elephants.

I intend to use it to make another 4-patch posie quilt. Here is one that I made summer of 2008 and used as a baby gift. These are similar to the one block wonders, but only use 4 squares for the blocks. You can see the fabric on the border that was used to make the blocks.

I also purchased this beautiful Kaffe print - delicious!

And my best purchase of the day was this vintage (ha) ceramic Christmas tree. Now, I know this isn't for everyone, but I have a collection of them that started with my Grandmother's, aka Nana, aka Gertrude.I'm thinking of giving the Dickens' Village a break and displaying all my trees on the piano this year - They actually are quite charming when grouped.

and it was $3.00, yes that's right - priceless.

Okay on with the rest of the quilts -

Isn't this remarkable?

I think I'd rather like to try this one day -

I loved the dancing lanterns -Great use of border prints here.

I'm studying pineapple quilts after making mine - they are an interesting subject.

Thanks for sharing the quilt show pictures. They are so wonderful to drool over. I have started a four patch posie. They are a lot of fun. I've even designed the setting, just need to get to the cutting!

Well you brought back some memories with that Christmas tree. I made one many years ago...I think gave it away after all the moves in the military...weight limits and all. Perhaps that one was mine? Hee!Fantastic show and share!!

really REALLY like that string quilt that is second to the last one shown~great use of scraps and fabulously fun results~!!~

:-)libbyQ

p.s. i followed the link from a comment that you left at Humble Quilts becuase i noticed that you were also participating in the strawberry fields quiltalong. i'm just now choosing a setting fabric for my blocks . . . a little slow but it's getting there.